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Brazil had not lost a competitive match at home since but they were not just removed from their own World Cup. They were embarrassed in a way that will make them look back on this tournament and want to shelter their eyes.

This was not a team losing. It was a dream dying. There was anger, resentment and something approaching a full-on mutiny when Scolari and his players lingered too long on the pitch at the end.

Yet there was also an appreciation of what they were seeing. Yet now there was the eerie sound of silence and other noises, too. At times it was something approaching fear, a strange gargled sound that could be heard every time Germany elegantly broke forward, threatening more humiliation.

The sight of Brazil , with all their rich football history, being dismantled this way was actually shocking.

It was a masterclass. The referee blows for the interval and Brazil traipse off at half-time in one of the most remarkable matches in football history.

They trail at the break in the World Cup semi-final and their players look absolutely traumatised as they slink back to the dressing room.

We can only hazard a guess as to what new circle of hell awaits Dante and his team-mates once they get there. He fails to make contact and Germany run it out of defence again.

Their players are distraught and making a mess of everything, while the TV producer here is having an absolute ball picking out wailing Brazilians in the crowd.

They win a free-kick wide on the left, about 35 yards from the Germany goal. Goals No4 and No5 were quite similar. For the fourth, Fernandinho messed up again, getting caught in possession about 25 yards out, allowing Germany to rip through them again.

Sami Khedira advanced through the ruins of the Brazil defence and rolled the ball to Toni Kroos, who sidefooted home from about 1o yards.

No5 was another sidefoot from about 12 yards, again into the bottom left-hand corner. Sami Khedira was the beneficiary of some more preposterously bad Brazil defending, with David Luiz the guilty party on this occasion, charging forward when a bit of restraint might have served him better.

Germany attacked down the right again, the ball was crossed and Toni Kroos fired crisply into the bottom left-hand corner from the edge of the penalty area.

Germany have just carved open Brazil, whose defence has gone so far beyond shambolic slapstick that you feel they might have been better served fielding four of their mascots instead of Messrs Maicon, Luiz, Dante and Marcelo.

Kroos volleys from distance, but his effort is deflected about a yard wide of the left upright. He shot straight at the goalkeeper from six yards, the ball rebounded back to him and he made sure of it the second time to break the scoring record for World Cup finals.

This is a World Cup semi-final in Brazil and the hosts are down after less than 30 minutes. Germany were looking dangerous on the counter-attack, controlling midfield and repeatedly exploiting the space in behind Marcelo the full-back.

Toni Kroos sidefoots home into an empty net from about 10 yards out after being teed up by Sami Khedira, after Fernandinho had been caught in possession about 30 yards from his own goal.

This is total humiliation for Brazil, whose players look distraught. Many of their supporters are openly weeping.

Germany rip Brazil apart down the right-hand side, exploiting the space behind Marcelo. David Luiz plays a ball over the top for Bernard to chase, but Manuel Neuer is quick off his line to avert the danger.

Miroslav Klose scores a record-breaking 16th World Cup finals goal, drilling into the bottom right-hand corner from about 11 yards out to put Germany up and leave Brazil in all sorts of bother.

Miroslav Klose spins just outside the penalty area to try to play in Muller. His through-ball ends up being a very weak shot which Julio Cesar clutches to his bosom.

Brazil advance, with Dante on the ball on the left flank. Benedikt Howedes sticks in a toe to rob him of possession. With Marcelo galloping through the left side of the Germany penalty area, Philipp Lahm dispossesses him with a perfectly timed, splendid challenge, hooking the ball out for a corner.

Marcelo goes to ground and Jerome Boateng throws a wobbly, accusing him of diving to try to win a penalty. A frenzied bout of finger-wagging ensues, before referee Marco Roddriguez restores order and the corner is taken.

Taken very badly - Germany clear at the near post. Maicon bursts up the right flank and attempts to get a cross into the penalty area.

The ball breaks to Bernard, who wins a throw-in. Kroos wins a free-kick for Germany over by the left touchline, just inside his own half.

Bernard was the culprit. Having started badly, Germany are very much in the ascendency now, controlling the tempo, which has slowed down since they scored.

David Luiz plays another long diagonal pass towards Hulk on the left flank. Germany clear, the ball comes back to David Luiz and he surges forward before threading the ball up the inside left towards Hulk again.

He attempts to get a cross in, but is foiled. That was quite remarkable. Germany won a corner through Sami Khedira and the ball was floated across the edge of the six yard box.

Muller was completely unmarked and kept his cool to volley home, low and hard. The defending was shocking. From a corner, a totally unmarked Thomas Muller side-foots home from six yards out to fire Germany into the lead.

He gets a little bit of luck because of the lack of reaction from Marcelo, who is having an absolute nightmare. Right from the start, they do not close down quickly enough on the left-hand side and, when it comes across, Fernandinho misses it.

The two centre-backs are out of position and Marcelo is about 15 yards behind them. They came down the left again and Marcelo looks like he does not want to be defending at all.

There are lots of defenders in there but nobody is taking responsibility to pick anyone up. This is right from the kick-off. We were talking about David Luiz and how he has got to step up to the plate.

It seems like Thiago Silva is the glue in the Brazil back four and keeps everyone together, because Marcelo has played like a left-winger, even at down.

Nobody is bringing him back. He comes running 15 yards in front of the other centre-back and jumps out of the tackle.

We said before the match that David Luiz is the captain, supposed to be the leader, but he has abandoned ship I am afraid. When you do that, you are leaving your team-mates in the lurch.

As a centre-half, he has to win the ball there. He lets Philipp Lahm in too easily. Luiz is standing still and does not have a clue what is going on around him.

Andre Schurrle shows good movement and a very, very good finish. But it was an unbelievable finish. To score a goal like that at a World Cup is what dreams are made of, and he is living that dream right now.

But the cheers from the home fans were ironic cheers. That was ordinary defending. Probably worse than Uruguay for some Brazilians.